Bottle-holder.



R. W. HOUSTON:

BOTTLE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 17, 1908.

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Specification oil Letters Patent.

Application filed August 17, 1908. Serial No. 448,820.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD W. Hous- TON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Ma land, have inventedcertain new and usefu Im rovements in Bottle-Holders, of which t e fol--lowing. is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved bottle-holder.

The ob'ect of the invention is-to provide a holder or bottles thatcontain liquid food so that the same may be administered to infants,invalids and others who are unable to help themselves, especially whenin a recumbent position.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanymg drawing in which,.

Flgure 1 is a erspective view of the improved bottle-ho der as seen whenattached tothe head of a childs bed. Fig. 2 is adeta1l view in sectionon a larger scale,of the clamp by which the holder may be attached tothe cross-rail of a bedstead. Fig. 3 is a view showing broken parts ofthe bottle and holder. Fig. 4 is a section view showing the constructionof pivoted automatic adjuster which is attached to the clamp.

My bottle-holder comprises a device to chp onto the bottle, a short lenth of nonreslhent flexible-arm, a pivoted s ank which carries theflexible-arm and has means for automatically securing it in whateverposition 1t may be set and a clam by'which these last-named devices maylie attached to the rail of a bedstead or other structure.

The bottle-holder proper consists of a wire having resilient quahtiesand suitably shaped or gri parts, 1, 2, adapted to take hold 0 a bott e,3. One clip art comprises a hook, 1, adapted to take a out the neck ofthe bottle, which in the drawin 1s shownwith its neck pointing downwarIn this'instance a rubber nip 1e, 4, is shown on the neck of the bottle.he other clip part may be in the formof a resilientloop, 2, adapted topress the bottom of-the bottle; the said two clip arts, 1, and, 2; areconnected by a straig t bar, 5, which extends arallel with respect tothe length of the ot'tle. The clip part, 2, that is in the form of aloop may have a circular knob or disk, 6, as shown which will contactdirectly with the bottom of the'bottle. The. two clips will yield topermit the bottle,3, to be'preseed into ploeition between them and thebottle will t on be properly held. If desired the spring-wire that formsthe bottle clips 'may be covered by a sleeve or-tu-be, 7, of rubber.

The clip loop, 2, has its end, 8, sore-wthreaded to better attach it toone end, 9, of the non-resilient flexible arm, 10. This flexible arm isa Well-known construction used for other purposes, which will yield orbend when-stralnls applied to'it, but bein non-resilient will ordinarilyretain its curve form or position when it has been set.

rod or shankarm, 12, which is pivoted or jointed at, 13, to a clamp, 14,which ma be secured to an structure, such as the rai 15, of a bedsteaThe clamp, 14, is shown in Figs. 1 and 2; one side of the clamp is opento admit of its being slipped on to the rail, 15, and one side has athumb screw, 16, whose end carries a pad, 17, so that when the adisforced against the wood rail, 15, the atter will not be injured. Therod orv shank-arm, 12, being pivoted on a bolt or pin, 13, projectsupward and will have-a swinging or hinged movement.

Means are employed to act automatically and secure the pivotedshank-arm, 12, in any position to whlch it may be set. This means macomprise a ratchet-segment, 1.8, which is ed on the clamp device, 14.The teeth, 19, of this segment form a curve that is, concentric withrespect to the pivot-bolt or pin,-

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13,-on which the shank-arm, 12 turns. obvious that either-one or twosegments, 18', maybe used. In the dpresent instance two areshown and theen between the two. The shank-arm carriesa pawl, 20, that is normallpressed by a spring, 21, so as to keep t epawl engaged with the teeth ofthe segments.

It willbe seen that theconstruction is such that when a littleforce isap lied to the shank-arm the pawl will yie d, and the shank-arm willturn on its that when the shank-armhas een' 'set to the approximateposition desired the pawl and teeth will retain it. The non-resihentflexible arm and the bottle holder carried thereby may then be bent tothe precise point desired without further ad ustmentof the shank-arm andas-the flexible armis non- Patented Aug. 2.4, 51909.

The;- other end, 11, of the flexible arm has a stiff of the shank-arm isivot, 13, and

resilient and will not sprin back, it will retain the bottle-holder at te desired point. *Havin thus described my invention what I claim anddesire to secure by Letters Pat- .110

screw clamp having a ratchet se(gment,-a

stifi arm pivoted to the clamp an having a pawl to engage the ratchetsegment; a bottle holder com risin a single piece of wire holder and itsother end connected to the stiff pivoted arm.

2. A bottle holding device comprisingl a screw clamp having spaced-agartratc et segments; an arm pivoted to t e clamp beby said arm; anon-resilient exible arm having one end connected to the pivoted arm, awire bottle holder engaging and cerried by the flexible arm,sa1d ottleholder havin a loop at one end to enga e' the bottom 0 a bottle and aclip at the ot er end.

.In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD W. HOUSTON. 1 Witnesses:

G. FERDINAND Voo'r, CHARLES B. MANN, Jr.

